Some time ago I bought three
(!!) split seven inch vinyls, which all feature Spanish Graveyard! Damn, nice
activity from this band, almost comparable to Revel In Flesh, who also appeared
on quite many split EPs lately. And well, I hope I don’t need to remind you
that Graveyard belongs to my favourite bands from the old school death metal
genre. They simply kill and so all these releases were must have thing for me. And
now I will try to review them all…
…and I am gonna start with the
most interesting split from these three... and this a Graveyard / Crucifyre
split, released in 2015 through War Anthem Records in 500 copies. Well, this is
awesome split where each band is presenting a cover tune. Graveyard actually
surprised me by choosing Darkthrone’s “In the Shadow of the Horns”! Ha, you
would probably never expect a black metal classic from them, right? But damn,
what a nice, killer cover it is. I obviously love old Darkthrone and Graveyard
did everything perfectly with their version, played it very well, kept the
dark, obscure feeling of it, even if the production is quite clean. And I
suppose they did this song in their own way, especially with the lower and not
that shrieky vocals. It just sounds great in my opinion.
And Crucifyre came up with
Morbid Angel’s “Funerals”!!! First, I am not such a big Crucifyre fan, to be
honest, I think their music is OK, but nothing more than that. Secondly, what a
great choice for Morbid Angel cover!! You would expect a more well known track,
right? Surely not one, which I think has never appeared on any demos or albums,
but the only recorded version of it I know of is the one released on a bootleg
vinyl split with Slaughter Lord. What makes it a damn rare, but still fantastic
tune! So, I can only congratulate Crucifyre for such a great choice and
reminding us this rare, forgotten track. And damn, their performance here is
just so killer! It starts with David Vincent’s presentation of the title from
the original live recording and then all the hell breaks loose and the furious,
old school morbid death metal begins. With the KILLER production and all these
awesome, vicious riffs and fantastic sinister vocals Crucifyre actually reminds
me bands like Degial or Invidious… but take that as a compliment, as they’re
all brilliant. And well, “Funerals” is surely the best stuff I’ve heard from Crucifyre,
it’s also a winner for me on this seven inch.
Great stuff.
Final rate: 90/100
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